100 Copies of The Beatles' White Album Playing At The Same Time

Artist  Rutherford Chang says: "I collect first-pressings of  The White Album  and currently own  1,034  copies." As part of his ...

The Note-Ables: Worst Lounge Band Ever?

Back up by request: " Halloween Stomp ." The recent post re: Banda Plástica De Tepetlixpa Mex. reminded me of another wonderful e...

ADIOS A LOS BEATLES

There is no more glorious sound for jaded ears than this rural Mexican brass band blowing berserk, off-key, highly enthusiastic instrumental...

"Hurray, The Rattles Are Here!"

At first (and second, and third) listen, Germany's The Rattles sound like a Beatles clone. And a particularly bizarre and hilarious one,...

Better Than The Beatles! 26 Tunes That Failed to Oust the Fab-Four From the Charts

Four things learned from this album of recordings released  1963-1965 as a reaction to the Beatles U.S. invasion: 1. The "greatest band...

GUNS TURNED INTO MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Here's an idea who's time has truly come: a project called "Imagine" in which Mexican artist Pedro Reyes leads a team that...

COVER THE EARTH 3: More Bizarro Versions of Your Favorite Oldies From Across the World Wide Weird

The first " Cover The Earth " collection we posted here a couple of weeks ago has been quite the success - twice as many downloads...

Snoopy's Beatles Classiks On Toys

Does what it says on the tin: Beatles songs played only on toy instruments. You may find this charming, or cloying and annoying.  Maybe both...

Beatles Arias

In 1966, opera singer Cathy Berberian recorded an album of Beatles covers, backed by classical arrangements. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome ...

New Wave Covers For Oldies Lovers - Part 2

As I wrote in PART ONE , " During the upheaval of the late '70s/early '80s punk days, there was a real changing-of-the-guard ...

New Wave Covers For Oldies Lovers - Part 1

My previous post featured kooky versions of punk classics, kind of the flip side of today's post: During the upheaval of the late ...

VINYL-PALOOZA #11: Ya No Hay Beatles! A Mexican '60s Garage Rock Fiesta

Closing out this month-long trip thru record-land, I present one final goodie - a various-artists 1960s mucho loco trip thru my Mexican gar...

PEOPLE LIKE US: "Welcome Abroad"

We've been singing the praises of UK's master sound collagist People Like Us for ages, but she just might have released her best wo...

GAMELAN AND ON...

A gamelan (pictured left) is an Indonesian orchestra of tuned bells and gongs. And a music box is...well, you know what that is. On the la...